Cub WS in 2006?

[CubFanPhilly]

Sure. All we need is:

 

1) 200+ Healthy innings out of Prior, Zambrano, Maddux 150+ out of Wood;

 

2) Murton to put up a .850 OPS in LF (out of the gate lest, Dusty throw him on the scrap heap);

 

3) Cendeno to make his first error after June 1st (see Murton comment);

 

4) Juan Pierre to keep is BABIP near his career norm (even with Wrigley's thick grass);

 

5) for Derrick Lee's regression to be more gentle than the 1929 Dow Jones index;

 

6) A-Ram to be healthy for more than 3/4ths of a season. (The downside, of course, is that healthy legs wouldn't provide an excuse for his lack of hustle);

 

7) for the Cardinals to quit over-achieving;

 

8 ) for the Astros to wake up and realize they're over-the-hill;

 

9) for the Brewers to be another year away;

 

10) Dempster to prove he's no fluke as a closer;

 

11) for Eyre and Howry not to pull a "Remlinger" or a "Hawkins";

 

13) Neifi to revert to his abysmal career numbers (any better than that and Dusty will play him too much);

 

14) for Hendry to be unable to eek out even a Dwayne Bacon-esque "prospect" without sending $2 mil. cash with Walker;

 

15) for Jones to suddenly figure out how to hit LH pitching (afterall, Dusty won't figure out he should platoon, and even if he did who would it be? Hairston?) ;

 

16) for Dusty, Clines, and Sarge to leave Cedeno's swing alone;

 

17) for the wind to be blowing in 25 MPH every home game (to keep Maddux's gopher balls in the park and to exploit the new no-power slappy line-up). Team ERA of 2.02 / 678 runs scored;

 

18 ) Hendry to keep any 25 warm bodies on the active roster - just field a team and anything might happen.

 

 

CFP

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Don't ask for much, do ya? :lol:

[Roast]

if we can win a world series with this team, well then i guess anything really can happen.

 

Murton-Pierre-Jones is not a WS winning outfield.

[jaydee]

if we can win a world series with this team, well then i guess anything really can happen.

 

Murton-Pierre-Jones is not a WS winning outfield.

 

and podsednik-rowand-dye is? :lol:

 

anything can happen!

[CubFanPhilly]

Don't ask for much, do ya? :lol:

 

Well, it is MUCH easier with a $100 mil. payroll, a genius for a manager, and a clever GM.